A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

rampage Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with R » rakishly ... random access » rampage


rampage
verb
    intr
    rampaged, rampaging
    1. To rush about wildly, angrily, violently or excitedly.
noun
    1. Storming about or behaving wildly and violently in anger, excitement, exuberance, etc.
      Thesaurus: uproar, ferment, disturbance, furore, tumult, tempest, rage, fury, storm.
      Form: on the rampage (chiefly)
Derivative: rampageous
adj
    Derivative: rampageousness
    noun
      Derivative: rampaging
      noun
        Etymology: 18c: originally Scottish, probably related to ramp1.



        Click Here